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Hassam Nasir Social Links Navigation Contributing Writer Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
JarredWaltonGPU I know why products like this exist. I still think they're dumb. I already worry about how much power a stock RTX 5090 draws, at 575W~600W. Overclocking to the point where you might be pulling >1000W is just insane. But then, if you're doing that, you probably didn't buy the card in the first place and are just trying to set a performance record with LN2 or liquid helium. Reply
awake283 Honesty, what is the use case scenario for this? Who needs this and could take full advantage of it? Skeptic in me says these cards are pointless and are mostly made to target whales who make dumb purchases. Reply
thestryker JarredWaltonGPU said: I know why products like this exist. I still think they're dumb. I already worry about how much power a stock RTX 5090 draws, at 575W~600W. Overclocking to the point where you might be pulling >1000W is just insane. Even at 1000W it's pulling less power per cable than a stock 5090. If someone got this and was running at a 700-800W power limit they'd have a top performing 5090 and the cable risk would be around that of a 5070 Ti. I'd argue buying a 5090 currently (cheapest I saw the other day was ~$3300 USD) isn't a rational monetary purchase to begin with so why not buy the one that draws the least amount of power per cable? Don't get me wrong I think a 5090 is silly to begin with and felt the same about the 4090 and 3090. I run my 3080 at 300W the vast majority of the time (400W default BIOS) and wouldn't seriously consider a card that was over 400W. There is a market for the halo cards though and given the low margins built into the 12VHPWR/2×6 spec every 5090 should have two connectors. Reply
awake283 thestryker said: Even at 1000W it's pulling less power per cable than a stock 5090. If someone got this and was running at a 700-800W power limit they'd have a top performing 5090 and the cable risk would be around that of a 5070 Ti. I'd argue buying a 5090 currently (cheapest I saw the other day was ~$3300 USD) isn't a rational monetary purchase to begin with so why not buy the one that draws the least amount of power per cable? Don't get me wrong I think a 5090 is silly to begin with and felt the same about the 4090 and 3090. I run my 3080 at 300W the vast majority of the time (400W default BIOS) and wouldn't seriously consider a card that was over 400W. There is a market for the halo cards though and given the low margins built into the 12VHPWR/2×6 spec every 5090 should have two connectors. My 4070S sits around 225W, which honestly, I might prefer to some higher power alternatives. At least it works, and wont burn my house down. Reply
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